As used in the Cellular Telephone Services Act:

A. "commission" means the public regulation commission;

B. "cellular service company" means a cellular telephone company that uses cellular telephone equipment and is a radio common carrier or telephone or telecommunications company licensed by the federal communications commission. A cellular service company operates a cellular system that is a high capacity land mobile system in which assigned spectrum is divided into discrete channels that are assigned in groups to geographic cells covering a cellular geographic area, as defined by the federal communications commission. "Cellular service company" does not include noncellular radio common carrier service, including noncellular mobile telephone service, radio-paging service or one-way cable television service; and

C. "certificated area" means the geographical area that a cellular service company is authorized to serve by a certificate of public convenience and necessity and that is defined on the map as part of the certificate issued under such law authorizing the issuance of a certificate of public convenience and necessity for such purpose.

History: Laws 1987, ch. 296, § 3; 1998, ch. 108, § 66.

The 1998 amendment, effective January 1, 1999, substituted "public regulation" for "state corporation" in Subsection A; deleted "and operates within the 800 megahertz band of frequency" following "communications commission" in Subsection B; substituted "that" for "which" in two places in Subsection B; deleted "but not limited to" following "carrier service, including" near the end of Subsection B; and substituted "that" for "which" in Subsection C.